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Walk and Chew Gum

Well, Barr had his day; he was all full of spin
At his morning news conference before the release
Of Mueller’s report telling what was therein
It’s clear that his purpose was Donald to please

Since what he recited had low correlation
With what Mueller wrote; it was not Mueller’s vision
But Donald was pleased; it reduced his frustration
He felt he could claim he was free of collusion

But Bob, on collusion found plenty of cases
Between Trump’s campaigners and high level Russians
And, too, on obstruction there is a strong basis
But by Justice edict Trump’s safe through this session

In spite of Barr’s faux claim of exoneration
Of Trump by the Mueller Report, it appears
That Mueller left Congress that evaluation:
Impeachment proceedings among the House peers

Although it is clear there are many offenses
Reported by Mueller that do justify
A move for impeachment, there is no consensus
That Congress will act and their pledge satisfy

If impeachment movements are not, now, forthcoming
And President Trump gets away free and clear
It’ll set a strong precedence, really mind numbing
That law-wise the Pres. has but little to fear

I opine that impeachment must be on the table
And investigations get well underway
While at the same time pass new laws as we’re able
And campaign like hell so that we’ll win the day

4/19/19

 

Notre Dame was aflame and the nave spire’s gone
The foundation remains and some structures are strong
Much precious has perished; old art gone to ashes
This holy cathedral’s withstood many clashes
It now is symbolic of Catholic division
The clashes of popes having differing visions

The hoary Pope Benedict, silence he broke
Upset with Pope Frances, quite clearly he wrote
His reign’s been too liberal, his edicts to tame
The rampant sex scandal, on this he laid blame
Although such depravity has deeper causes
The papal dispute’s part of much larger forces

The ethos is changing, the me generation,
The boomers are leaving; extended vacations
The new discontent-ers want backward to move
It’s liberal progressiveness they don’t approve
And keep nation’s borders closed to immigration
Don’t let all those lesser folks enter the nation

And like Notre Dame all the West World still smolders
The ethos emerging depends on beholders
The new Notre Dame will appear like the old
But with modern elements throughout its fold
Eventually, too, a new ethos as such
Will likewise congeal; its facade, the same touch

But beneath the surface new strength will emerge
As into the future new elements merge

4/17/19

Perfidy

Pres. Trump is obsessed over staff loyalty
Including his cabinet and his A.G.
Derived from conviction that he’s royalty
In lack of agreement he sees perfidy

‘Twas under Bush senior Bill Barr was A.G.
In doing this function he learned all the ropes
To be independent’s a necessity
Immune from the President’s wishes and hopes

Bill Barr’s reputation was solid I’m told
Perhaps he was feeling his life was a bore
A memo he wrote on the views that he holds
On Presidents’ powers: the better, the more

It got him the job he was angling for
We know Trump was looking to find a Roy Cohn
An A.G. who’d shield him from what was in store
From Mueller, from Congress, from acts of his own

Pres. Trump was successful in finding his man
Who’d pass confirmation remaining in tact
And look like an A,G. while doing Trump’s plan
Bill Barr fit the bill in what others all lacked

Five weeks have gone by since the Mueller report
Was released to the A.G. still hidden from Congress
I’ll get it out next week was, Bill Barr’s retort,
With colored redactions; you’ll just have to guess

But Barr wrote a letter then with his reactions
Purporting to summarize Mueller’s conclusions
Within which he judged Trump home free on obstruction
Opposing what Mueller wrote, causing confusion

The ACA health-care law’s fighting in court
To keep its existence. But Trump wants it closed
Barr, as the A.G., its defense should support
Instead, at Trump’s bidding, Bill Barr is opposed

And then, at a hearing in Senate, Barr claimed
Without any evidence; quoting no facts
That Intel. had spied on the Trumpean campaign
Then afterwards Barr tried to walk it all back

This was unprofessional to say the least
To quote from conspiracies proven untrue
For Trump and supporters it gave them a theme
For Trump twenty twenty to hammer the blue

When adding it up it’s become crystal clear
That Barr is Trump’s puppet; his actions aren’t free
When our chief enforcer of laws we revere
Commits such malpractice it’s true perfidy

4/12/19

Predictions

Since Barr’s rosy reading of Muller’s report
We’re witnessing Trump in his favorite sport
Not golfing, where he cheats his hours away,
But unfettered nastiness in what he says

It really has spooked the Republican men
Of the House and the Senate who worry of when
They might face a challenge at primaries time
From Right Trump supporters’ attacks from behind

So up until primaries they’ll meekly be
Obsequious members of Trump’s coterie
But as politicians they surely can see
That Trump’s not persuaded a majority

Then after the primaries those still in play
Will alter their tactics: from Trump move away
Implying they’re G.O.P. like days of old
Ignoring their prior stance deep in Trump’s fold

And as, in the meantime, Trump’s venom grows worse
His Congressmen followers will feel the curse
Of having to brown nose their President, dear
There’ll be no escaping; it’s what they all fear

That’s good for the Democrats, things looking better
If only they get, finally, their act together
Campaign twenty-twenty, as nasty as sin
But with luck and fortitude surely we’ll win

4/7/19

Continue reading “So What?”

Drip, drip, drippy, drip – it’s the Mueller Team leaking
For twenty two months not a one of them speaking
But since their report’s in the hands of Bill Barr
They feel a bit freer to tell how things are

As you know by now what the A.G. had done
Was bypass Team’s summaries, drafting his own
Which didn’t sit well with the Mueller Team members
It didn’t convey what the team had intended

So, drip, drippy, drip – little droplets of truth
Coming out in the news, facts that Barr can’t refute
It’s clear Barr engaged in some creative writing
Implying that’s what Mueller’s findings were citing

These driblets of truth counter Trump’s understanding
Of exoneration of all charges standing
But hint of quite serious deeds of obstruction
And targets of Soviet manipulation

I truly expect that the leaks will continue
And increase in frequency as well as volume
Thus forcing Bill Barr his obstruction to cease
And finally the Mueller report to release

4/4/19

 

I speak of Joe Biden, today’s talk-show news
The Dem’s female candidates voicing their views
With cable-news commenters egging them on
Is Joe Biden’s chance as a candidate gone?

It all hearkens back to some earlier races
Joe, as was his nature, partook of embraces
With co-campaign women, as gestures of comfort
However, the women experienced discomfort

Since Joe was a powerful, known politician
Their intimidation constrained their admissions
Until the #MeToo movement unlocked their voices
Such knowledge of Joe should impact ballot choices

These women believed Joe had no ill intent
His way of conveying the fondness he meant
But, nevertheless he invaded their space
Without their permission, it wasn’t his place

Will Joe be the target of Dem’s firing squad
Of self-righteous women in Congress, by God?
The #MeToo patrol seeking out male offenders
And force resignations these targets to tender

A lifetime of service, achievements galore
Joe’s championed the causes of women and more
Mistakes he has made which he surely regrets
As one to beat Trump he’s the strongest one yet

I’ve not made my choice yet of whom to support
A rich field of candidates from which to sort
And many with qualities that I find stunning
But I’d mourn his absence if Joe were not running

4/2/19

 

The blue commentaries on blue cable news
Were quick to point out in their Barr missive views
In quoting Bob Mueller the “T” was in brackets
Implying the sentence had some part redacted

That sentence is key to Don Trump’s great elation
His claim of complete, total exoneration
It states Mueller did not prove that Trump’s adherents
Conspired with the Russians in their interference

The question then looms as to why the A.G.
Redacted the words leading up to the [T]he?
It’s clear that Bill Barr didn’t want us to read it
Perhaps it diluted how people might heed it

Whatever his reason, what Barr did portends
The way he will edit it; what he intends
The stuff that’s uncomfortable he’ll redact
And cherrypick only what Trump likes, in fact

‘Twas leaked: the report’s more than three hundred pages
Enough to delve deep, what the volume engages
So if we’re to benefit from Mueller’s findings
It must be released keeping nothing in hiding

3/28/19

 

Tonight Rachel Maddow’s show posed fifteen questions
Concerning the Barr report on Mueller’s findings
Her questions, all fifteen are worthy of mention
But of the fifteen the first three I’m opining

Concerning obstruction of justice she’s asking
Just why no decision? Did he intend Barr
To do the deciding; ‘twas Barr he was tasking?
Since Barr made pronouncements, did he go too far?

On hearing what pundits all day had to say
I’ve formed my opinion, whatever it’s worth
First noting that Mueller did not shy away
On Trump Team collusion. The evidence dearth

Meant no such conviction on that could be made
On obstructing justice Bob Mueller demurred
If evidence or its dearth could have been laid
To yield no conviction, such would have occurred

So I think the evidence points to conviction
By policy Presidents can’t be indicted
So Bob had no choice since to clear would be fiction
He must leave to Congress that justice be righted

I postulate Barr, seeing this, was appalled
And took for himself what is Congress’s role
He made the decision, objections forestalled
Thus, clearing the President which was his goal

As such, I predict for the Mueller Report
Bill Barr with his means will resist its release
And many Republicans, too, will support
Ensuring its contents by us won’t be seen

But, too, I predict that Barr won’t be successful
The courts will support separation of powers
It may take a while, since Bill Barr is resourceful
But Dems. will persist. They are not known as cowards

3/25/19

 

Bill Barr really did what he said he would do
His own drawn conclusions he published today:
Trump did not conspire; obstruction, none too
The President’s cleared! Vindicated! Okay!

It’s reason to celebrate. Trump has no blame
His lies and deceptions revealed no intent
To cover wrongdoings; ‘twas all just a game
We, now, can breathe easy, no reason to vent

And, oh, by the way, Mueller’s answers these weren’t:
Enough evidence on conspiring there wasn’t
To warrant indictment before a grand jury
Exonerate Trump on obstruction, he doesn’t

But questions remain around Trump-staff behavior
Regarding the Russians, the meetings, the lies
Just what were they hiding, what secret endeavors
And why does Trump cow tow to Putin’s back side?

The Dems are demanding: release the report
In all its entirety, all evidence
Whatever it takes to, the Dems will resort
So Trump may yet get what’s his due recompense

3/24/19